Technology, Tradition and Survival : Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia - Richard Tapper

Technology, Tradition and Survival

Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia

By: Richard Tapper, Keith McLachlan

Hardcover | 30 January 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Seeking to promote a wider knowledge of traditional technologies in the Middle East and Central Asia, the contributors address three related themes: the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture in these regions; their influence on the history of Europe and the West; and the threat posed by modern Western technologies to the survival of traditional technologies which have continuing value according to turn-of-the -millennium standards of sustainability and appropriateness to local cultural, social and ecological conditions. There is a clear need for conservation of some artefacts that are under current threat of extinction.
Individual chapters focus on specific aspects of technology and material culture: science and medicine; water technologies; vernacular architecture, both fixed buildings and the mobile tents of nomads; looms and weaving; and the structure of bazaars.

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